Epidendrum subsect. Integra

Integra is a subsection of the section Schistochila of the subgenus Amphiglotium (Lindl.) of the genus Epidendrum of the Orchidaceae (orchid family). Like the other subsections of Schistochila, Integra plants are sympodial orchids with no tendency to produce pseudobulbs. They bear a terminal inflorescence with a peduncle covered for most of its length with close, thin, imbricate sheaths, and terminating in a raceme. This subsection differs from the other two in that the margins of the trilobate lip are not lacerate, fringed, or denticulate. In 1861, Reichenbach[1] listed fifteen separate species in this subsection. Some of these names are now recognized as synonyms[2]

Epidendrum subsect. Integra
an Epidendrum anceps plant from Suriname
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Epidendrum
Subgenus: Epidendrum subg. Amphiglottium
Section: Epidendrum sect. Schistochila
Subsection: Epidendrum subsect. Integra

References

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  1. ^ Reichenbach, H. G. "Orchides" in Müller, Carl Ed. Walpers Annales Botanices Systematicae Tomus VI pp. 373-397. Berlin. 1861.
  2. ^ apps.kew.org/wcsp/